Lady Reaper
Christina Bauer
(Angelbound Origins, #10)
Published by: Monster House Books
Publication
date: November 12th 2022
Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult
Young Myla and Lincoln Kick Ass and Take Names in This Prequel Novella
for REAPER GAMES!
A part-demon girl fights Lady Reaper
Myla Lewis is a sixteen-year-old part-demon girl who fights evil souls in
Purgatory’s Arena… and she’s always looking out for a good battle against
evil. Enter Lady Reaper, the famous ghoulette who wields both a scythe and
nefarious intentions. Myla discovers Lady Reaper will soon visit the Demon
Woods ‘ride’ at Purgatory’s Annual Lust Festival. Time to visit the fest,
kick ass and take names, right? Wrong. Lady Reaper has other plans for Myla
and her bestie, Cissy…
A part-angel prince faces the Grim Reaper
Lincoln is a seventeen-year-old part-angel prince who protects humans from
the denizens of Hell. On a routine trip to Earth, Lincoln uncovers clues
that his best friend, Walker, might be allied to an evil ghoul named the
Grim Reaper. Things go downhill from there…
***A 20,000-word novella***
Publisher Note: Originally, LADY REAPER was a full novel.
However, the author fell ill with COVID and gave us this prequel novella
instead. We have since locked Ms. Bauer into the basement with a charger
cord, MacBook Pro and carton of Theraflu. Therefore, the full and epic
conclusion of this story will definitely be delivered in the next release,
REAPER GAMES.
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Excerpt
Myla – Age Sixteen
I call to Mom. “Walker forgot his satchel!”
Fresh clanks sound from the kitchen as Mom replies: “Set the
bag aside, Myla. Walker can grab it later.”
“Sure thing.” I haul out the satchel. Along the way, I spy a
sheet of paper poking from the bag. One word is scrawled across the top: Danger!
Setting the satchel aside, I resolve to leave Walker’s
private things alone.
Ten seconds pass.
An idea occurs.
The paper says, danger, and it’s written in Walker’s
bold script. What if my honorary older brother is in peril? If he ever got
hurt, I’d never forgive myself.
In fact, the more I think about this, it’s clearly my
responsibility to look through Walker’s stuff. The TV repeats a line about
today’s ghoul friend.
“Be like Lady Reaper,” says the announcer. “Help those you
love, who are, of course, ghouls.”
Will do.
As instructed by my undead overlords, I decide to help my favorite ghoul and
pull the sheet from the satchel. Under the word danger, Walker’s written
more notes.
Regina and Grim reaper ‘saved’ millions of souls in 1857.
Only, there’s no sign of ghosts from that year moving to Heaven or Hell. Plus,
those spirits never passed through a ghost tower.
Everyone in Purgatory knows how we process ghosts. Millions
of souls died in 1857. For so many to disappear, someone must’ve routed them
out of our ghost towers and into a homemade storage system. Which happens. Some
humans hoard cats, other quasis do the same with souls. Not cool, but that’s
why we have police. I read on.
I suspect the Reapers are behind all this.
To highlight his point, Walker underlines the entire sentence.
In red.
Three times.
Wow.
I make my classic shock face: brows up, chin down,
and my mouth stretching to the max length possible while keeping my lips
closed. I turn that sentence over in my mind.
I suspect the Reapers are behind all this.
Didn’t I just see Lady Reaper on TV? She’s the ghoul friend
of the freaking day. And while my overlords sing her praises, Lady Reaper and
her husband may be hoarding souls somewhere—and preventing them from a proper
afterlife. I read on.
Regina Reaper visits Purgatory once every year on the
first day of the annual Lust Festival. She hides in the Demon Woods ride.
At this point, it’s tempting to rub my palms together and go mwhah hah hah. The
Lust Festival takes place in two weeks. After reading these notes, I’m pretty
sure it’s my duty to go there and track down Lady Reaper. You know, for
Walker.
Author Bio:
Christina Bauer thinks that fantasy books are like bacon: they just make
life better. All of which is why she writes romance novels that feature
demons, dragons, wizards, witches, elves, elementals, and a bunch of random
stuff that she brainstorms while riding the Boston T. Oh, and she includes
lots of humor and kick-ass chicks, too.
Christina graduated from Syracuse University’s Newhouse School with BA’s in
English along with Television, Radio, and Film Production. She lives in
Newton, MA with her husband, son, and semi-insane golden retriever, Ruby.
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